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APPLICATION FILED AUG.I8l 1919.

1,339,790, Patented May 11, 1920.

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I i RSM ISAIAI-I R. SALLADAY, 0F AINSVORTH, IOWA.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application led August 18, 1919. Serial N o. 318,219.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, lsArAH R. SALLADAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ainsworth, in the county of lVashington and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Hangers, ofwhich the following is a Specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sliding doors and moreparticularly to the hangers therefor.

An important object of this invention 1s to provide a sliding doorhanger having means whereby the door may be swung outwardly from thedoorway when it is desired to open the same.

A further object is to provide a door hanger having means forpositioning the door Hush with the outer side of the doorway when thedoor is closed whereby objectionable cracks between the door and lthesides of the doorway may be dispensed with.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door hanger which issimple in construction and which may be conveniently attached to slidingdoors.

In the accompanying drawings formlng a part of this application and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door having my improved door hangerapplied,

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same,

Fig. 3 is a similar view, the door being shown extended outwardly fromthe doorway Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective of an operating leverembodied in the invention.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a portionof a building having a door opening 6. A sliding door 7 is adapted forclosing the door opening 6 and when closed the edge portions of the doorare seated in a recess 8 formed in the outer sides of the doorway. Whenthe edge portions of the door are seated in the recess or groove 8, theouter side of the door is Hush with the outer side of the building andall objectionable cracks between the door and the doorway are therebyeliminated. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the upper side of the door isprovided with a pair of U.shaped attaching straps 9 secured to the doorby bolts or other suitable fastening devices 10. The upper portions ofthe arms of each U-shaped strap 9 are provided with enlarged bearingnected to the adjacent ends of the othery arms. The upper portion of thetriangular hanger 13 is pivotally connected to a trolley 17 by a pivotpin 18. A link 19 arranged in spaced 'parallel relation to the verticalarm 14 has its ends pivotally connected to the pivot elements 12 and 18for cooperating with the arm 14 in supporting the door. A track 2O issecured to the side of the building by suitable fastening devices 21 andis provided with horizontal runners 22. Wheels 23 carried by the trolleyare mounted on the runners 22;

An arm or rod 24 has threaded engagement with an adjusting sleeve 25. Asillustrated in 1, the upper portion of the adjusting sleeve 25 isprovided with forked arms 26 arranged on opposite sides of and pivotallyconnected to the forward portion of the triangular hanger 13 by a pivotelement 27. As is obvious each triangular hanger is provided with an armor rod 24. The lower end portion of one rod 24 is pivotally connected tothe intermediate portion of an operating lever 28, as indicated at 29.The forward end portion of the lever 28 is keyed or otherwise rigidlysecured to one end portion of a transversely extending rod 30. The rod30 is rotatably supported by bearing brackets31 secured to the door. Asillustrated in Fig. 1, a crank 32 is secured to the opposite end of therod 30 and has pivotal connection with the lower end portion of theother arm 24. The lever is provided witli a pivotally supported lockingbolt 33 having a thumb piece 34. The locking bolt 33 is adapted toengage upper and lower keepers 35 and 36 respectively which are securedto the door. When the locking bolt 33 is engaged with the lower keeper36, the door is held in a closed position and when the bolt 33 isengaged with the upper keeper 35, the door is locked in spaced relationto the door opening.

In the practice of my invention, the triangular hangers 13 are pivotallyconnected to the trolleys 17 and to the attaching straps 9. When it isdesired to move the door outwardly from the doorway preparatory tosliding the same to an open position, the handle of the operating leveris positioned substantially vertically, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thelever is locked in this position and the door may now be swung to anopen position. lWhen it is desired to return the door to a closedposition, the lever 30 is lowered, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and thedoor immediately closes the opening and the edge portions of the sameseat within the recesses 8.

While l have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is understood that such minor changes in arrangement andconstruction of parts may be made as will remain within the spirit ofthe invention and the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with a wall having a door opening, of a door forclosing said opening, attaching devices secured to the upper portion ofthe door, triangular hangers pivotally connected to said attachingdevices and extending upwardly and outwardly from the same, trolleyspivotally connected to the upper portions of the triangular hangers,links pivtally connected to said attaching devices and said trolleys andarranged in spaced parallel relation to said hangers, and operatingmembers connected to the outer portion of said hangers.

2. The combination with a sliding door, of triangular hangers pivoted tosaid door and inclusive of upright arms, upwardly inclined arms andoutwardly extending arms connecting the iirst and second named arms,trolleys having pivot elements connected to said hangers, links pivotedto said door and to said pivot elements and arranged in spaced parallelrelation to the upright arms of said hangers, and operating armsconnected to said hangers at the junctures of the outwardly extendingand upwardly inclined arms of the saine.

3. The combination with a sliding door, of attaching members applied tosaid door and provided with pivot elements, triangular hangers connectedto said pivot ele ments and extending upwardly and outwardly from thesame, trolleys having pivotal connection with the upper ends of saidhangers, sleeves pivoted to the outer portions of said hangers, rodsthreaded into said sleeves and arranged vertically in front of the door,a transversely extending bearing rod carried by the intermediate portionof the door and provided at one end with a crank pivoted to the lowerend of one ol' said rods, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to thelower portion of the other rod and having its forward end rigidlyconnected to the other end of said bearing rod, and means to secure saidlever in adjusted position.

4. A device of the class described including an attaching strap having apair of bearing openings, a pivot element extending through said bearingopenings, a triangular hanger secured to said pivot element between saidbearing openings, a trolley having a pivot element connected to theupper portion of said triangular hanger, a link connected to said firstand second named pivot elements and arranged in spaced parallel relationto said hanger, said link having its lower portion conned between saidbearing openings, and means whereby said triangular hangers may beoperated.

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ISAIAH R. SALLADAY. [11. s]

